CT of Benign Hypervascular Liver Nodules in Autoimmune Hepatitis
Aliya Qayyum1,
Anno Graser1,
Antonio Westphalen1,
Raphael B. Merriman2,
Linda D. Ferrell3,
Benjamin M. Yeh1 and
Fergus V. Coakley1
1 Department of Radiology, University of CaliforniaSan Francisco, 505
Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA 94143-0628.
2 Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of
CaliforniaSan Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628.
3 Department of Pathology, University of CaliforniaSan Francisco, San
Francisco, CA 94143-0628.

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Fig. 1A. 20-year-old woman with cirrhosis secondary to autoimmune
hepatitis. Contrast-enhanced CT scan shows hypervascular lesion
(arrow) in segment V of liver. Fine-needle aspiration showed benign
histopathology.
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Fig. 1B. 20-year-old woman with cirrhosis secondary to autoimmune
hepatitis. Contrast-enhanced CT scan shows second similar hypervascular lesion
(arrow) in liver dome on arterial phase of enhancement.
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Fig. 2A. 29-year-old woman with cirrhosis secondary to autoimmune
hepatitis. Histopathology of explant showed benign regenerative nodules.
Contrast-enhanced CT scan shows hypervascular lesion (arrow) in liver
dome on arterial phase of enhancement.
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Fig. 2B. 29-year-old woman with cirrhosis secondary to autoimmune
hepatitis. Histopathology of explant showed benign regenerative nodules.
Contrast-enhanced CT scan shows lesion (arrow) is isoattenuating on
venous phase of enhancement.
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